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i remember last year when we led a big march in washington commemorating dr. king's i have a dream speech, glenn beck was at lincoln memorial with a huge march, tens of thousands of people. and a lot of people with me were a little upset as i was at his, in my opinion, not respecting the principles of the speech. but notwithstanding that, i wasn't too concerned about his day in the stun lasting. because of james brown, i knew the difference between those who have a lounge act and those who play the main room. see, the problem glenn is, you have to have something to say to stay. blackboards crying, all of that doesn't work in the main room. that's "the ed show." i'm reverend al sharpton filling in for ed shultz. you can find me every day from 1:00 to 4:00 listings time. go to nationalactionnetwork.net.
i remember last year when we led a big march in washington commemorating dr. king's i have a dream speech, glenn beck was at lincoln memorial with a huge march, tens of thousands of people. and a lot of people with me were a little upset as i was at his, in my opinion, not respecting the principles of the speech. but notwithstanding that, i wasn't too concerned about his day in the stun lasting. because of james brown, i knew the difference between those who have a lounge act and those who play...
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we should not even be talking about the big three. the big three did not get us in this problem. it was the bush tax cuts, it was the unfunded wars, it was big pharma. that's what brought us to where we are right now. it wasn't the elderly. it wasn't the poor. it wasn't those who are sick and need help. those people have nothing to do with the elite on wall street. it's easy for the gang of six to stand up and say sure, they can serve it up a little bit more. and these code sentences that are used about, well, we're going to try to make it stronger. you show me a cut to somebody who's living on a fixed income, i'll show you a cut. tonight, mr. president, i beg you don't do this. no matter what the cost. the republicans have caused this financial mess, they have signatured it into the history books. do not back down. take the big three off the table. make it a nonnegotiable issue. now's not the time. morally, this isn't the time and it's not the right place to have this dpiegt. force the republicans to negotiate on your terms. mr. president, why didn't you tell us at grant park th
we should not even be talking about the big three. the big three did not get us in this problem. it was the bush tax cuts, it was the unfunded wars, it was big pharma. that's what brought us to where we are right now. it wasn't the elderly. it wasn't the poor. it wasn't those who are sick and need help. those people have nothing to do with the elite on wall street. it's easy for the gang of six to stand up and say sure, they can serve it up a little bit more. and these code sentences that are...
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three, and also a chip away at big spending numbers. why would they miss this opportunity? >> you know, i'm not opposed to ideology, i believe it's about principles. this party is astonishingly wreckless and astonishingly in the grip of what a wall street guy called grover nor quist a fiscal terrorist. you have people who are unwilling to think about what it takes to run a country. and we are now looking at a major struggle in this country that's going to play out over the next few years. the size and scale of government and what it means for people who depefd on services on programs that have been part of the fabric of this life as these people try to roll back the 20th -- >> you've been around this racquet a long time, politics. we have some big stories brewing, we have this story, wisconsin. >> yeah. >> i mean, i think they're connected. >> there's a connection. >> there is a huge connection. you have the people rising up and pushing back, a -- and a sea of change taking place. that's where america's talking right now? >> what's goi
three, and also a chip away at big spending numbers. why would they miss this opportunity? >> you know, i'm not opposed to ideology, i believe it's about principles. this party is astonishingly wreckless and astonishingly in the grip of what a wall street guy called grover nor quist a fiscal terrorist. you have people who are unwilling to think about what it takes to run a country. and we are now looking at a major struggle in this country that's going to play out over the next few years....
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>> lucky for you and congressman kucinich, i'm hearing this big bargain with the big three on the table is off the table so to speak. right now, senator mcconnell and reid are working on their hybrid approach. there's not enough time to consider this package that's been put for by the gang of six. there's some members who have talked about getting a one month extension to the debt ceiling, so they can have the congressional budget office score it. that's probably not going to happen p. it doesn't make sense legislatively. the more we're hearing from the gang of six proposal, the more opponent's it's getting. conservatives are against it. even though congressman kucinich is right, it would get rid of the alternative minimum tax. >> senate republican leadership aids sent mike allen an e-mail explaining why republicans don't like the gang of six plan. here it is, the president killed any chance of its success by embracing it, hailing the fact that it increases taxes, and saying it mirrors his own plan. isn't the whole gift of this not to give president obama any kind of successful leg up o
>> lucky for you and congressman kucinich, i'm hearing this big bargain with the big three on the table is off the table so to speak. right now, senator mcconnell and reid are working on their hybrid approach. there's not enough time to consider this package that's been put for by the gang of six. there's some members who have talked about getting a one month extension to the debt ceiling, so they can have the congressional budget office score it. that's probably not going to happen p. it...
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>> it's a big deal. it's a new development obviously in these negotiations. we have to consider where these started with near unanimous agreement that the debt ceiling should be raised by both speaker boehner's office and the presidency. at first the white house was insists on a clean vote, now we've gone to the point where we're mimicking the bowles simpson plan. whether you're talking about raising the retirement age or means testing, for instance. those are major concessions that are going to rang wrangle a lot of democrats. >> why would the president go down this road when he has overwhelming support from the american people on medicare, medicaid and raising taxes on the wealthiest americans. why would the president go down this road? is he that fearful of a government shutdown? >> i think that's part of it. it would be cataclysmic if the government defaults on the debt. they like the idea of a big deal, they like to be the ones who are labelled as the serious deficit reducers. so i think they like that. >> let's remember the democratic leaders have said
>> it's a big deal. it's a new development obviously in these negotiations. we have to consider where these started with near unanimous agreement that the debt ceiling should be raised by both speaker boehner's office and the presidency. at first the white house was insists on a clean vote, now we've gone to the point where we're mimicking the bowles simpson plan. whether you're talking about raising the retirement age or means testing, for instance. those are major concessions that are...